Jun.-Prof. Dr.Nico Nassenstein
Fachbereich Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften
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- Fachbereich Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften
- JGU Mainz, Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien/Department of Anthropology and African Studies, Forum universitatis 6, Mainz, RLP, 55099, Germany
- JGU Mainz, Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien / Department of Anthropology and African Studies (ifeas), Forum universitatis 6, Mainz, RLP, 55099, Germany
BIO
Research interests
Sociolinguistics, Linguistic Anthropology/Anthropological Linguistics and Pragmatics:
(1) language variation and language contact phenomena in Bantu languages from East and Central Africa
(2) cross-register variation in Africa (also including linguistic creativity, urban language, youth language practices)
(3) language and conflict, verbal transgression and taboo (with a linguistic anthropological and postcolonial focus, also with regard to politeness strategies, avoidance strategies, sex, swearing and cursing)
(4) the study of language in touristic contexts
Linguistic focus: Lingala, Bangala, Kikongo-Kituba, Kiswahili and Kinyarwanda-Kirundi (and other Bantu languages from East and Central Africa)
Sociolinguistics, Linguistic Anthropology/Anthropological Linguistics and Pragmatics:
(1) language variation and language contact phenomena in Bantu languages from East and Central Africa
(2) cross-register variation in Africa (also including linguistic creativity, urban language, youth language practices)
(3) language and conflict, verbal transgression and taboo (with a linguistic anthropological and postcolonial focus, also with regard to politeness strategies, avoidance strategies, sex, swearing and cursing)
(4) the study of language in touristic contexts
Linguistic focus: Lingala, Bangala, Kikongo-Kituba, Kiswahili and Kinyarwanda-Kirundi (and other Bantu languages from East and Central Africa)
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Junior professor (African linguistics) (TT)JGU Mainz, Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien / Department of Anthropology and African Studies (ifeas), Mainz, Germany2017 - 2023
DEGREES
- PhDInstitut für Afrikanistik, Universität zu Köln / University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany2012 - 2016